§ 44-2-244 - Judge's order of transfer - Georgia Statutes

O.C.G.A. 44-2-244 (2010)
44-2-244. Judge's order of transfer

(a) Where the judge orders a transfer to be made under any of the provisions of this article, the judge's order of transfer shall be in the following form unless the exigencies of the case require a different form:

IN THE SUPERIOR COURT OF COUNTY
STATE OF GEORGIA

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In re petition ) Civil action
of ) File no.

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JUDGE'S ORDER OF TRANSFER

For good cause shown to the court, the clerk is directed to cancel the
Certificate of Title No. , Registered Title No. , standing in the
name of on the title register and to register a
certificate of title in lieu thereof, as follows: in accordance with the
decree of court rendered in the action of v.
in court; and transfer of title is accordingly ordered. You
will enter this transfer upon the title register, noting upon the same a
reference to the book and page upon which the above-recited order or decree
may be found.
This order of transfer shall be effective upon the presentation of the
outstanding owner's certificate, which you will cancel. *

This day of , .

Judge
(*If the court has not been able to require the production of the
outstanding owner's certificate, the judge shall erase this sentence from
the order and substitute in the blank space below it the following: "You
will cause notice to be published, in accordance with the law, that the
certificate is canceled.")

(b) If the exigencies of the case require a variation from the above
prescribed form, the clerk shall also record the judge's order on the minutes
of the court and, under the appropriate heading in the entry of transfer on
the title register, write the words "Special, See Minute Book , page
." If the judge's order of transfer is made without obtaining production
of the outstanding owner's certificate, the clerk, in entering the transfer,
shall, under the heading "Remarks," write "Owner's certificate not produced,
but canceled by publication."